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I UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

JOSHUA KNIGHT AND HEDDLE HILLIARD, OF MUSQUAS H PARISH, NEW

BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

HOLDBACK FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,926, dated February 24, 1880.

Application filed October 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSHUA KNIGHT and HEDDLE HILLIARD, of Musquash parish, St. John county, Province of New Brunswick,Domi'nion of Canada, have invented a new Improvement in Holdbacks for Harness, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken through the line as at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a per- Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the thill'hook.

Similar letters of reference indicate'correspondin g parts. I

The object of this invention is to furnish holdbacks for harness, so constructed as to sustain the wear and pressure of the thill-hooks without injury.

The invention consists in forming holdbacks by the combination of curved metal plates or shells made with flanges upon their side edges, slots in their lower parts, and rearwardly-projecting slotted arms, and leather straps to adapt the holdbacks to stand the. wear and pressure of the thill-hooks, as willbe hereinafter fully described.

A representsa metal plate or shell, which is curved into suitable shape to receive a thill,

. and has inwardly-projeeting flanges B formed alongits side edges, to form a seat for the strap 0. In the lower part of the shell Ais formed a transverse slot for the ends of the strap 0 to pass through. One end of the strap 0 is extended, to be connected with the belly-band. To the upper part of theloop of the strap 0 is attached a buckle, D, for connecting the holdback with the harness saddle. Within the strap 0 is placed a strap, E, to receive the wear of the thill.

The shell A is connected with the straps U E by metal rivets F. Upon the rear edge of the inner part of the shell A is formed a rearwardly-projecting arm, G, which has a crossslot in its rear end to receii e the breechingstrap;

When in use the rear edge of the shell A rests against the hook H, attached to the thill, and thus sustains the forward pressure of the wagon.

The part of the shell A that rests against the hook H may be slightly concaved to keep it in place upon the'said hook.

To the strap 0, upon the outer side of the holdback, is attached a keeper, I, to receive the end of the saddle-strap.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, a holdback formed by the combination of the curved metal plate or shell A, made with flangesB upon its side edges, a slot in its -lower part, and a rearwardly-projecting slotted arm, G, and the leather straps (J E, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSHUA KNIGHT. HEDDLE HILLIARD. Witnesses:

B. MGLEOD, WM. A. EWING. 

